ello ello ello! happy belated homestuck 4/13 AND hermitcraft birthday! it's been a very long time since i have touched this au, but it occasionally starts rotating around in my brain so i decided, "hey! it's not like the homestuck presence in this fandom can get any more dead! why don't i make some headway on that?"
this will be a comprehensive list of all fourteen double life members' chumhandles and typing quirks (where applicable; otherwise, i might just put down their general typing style). it'll go in rainbow order for the trolls, but there are only seven of them so some may be skipped! c'est la vie.
for people that don't know homestuck, a chumhandle is essentially an internet username used on the messaging system "pesterchum" (or, for the trolls, the messaging system "trollian"), consisting of two words that are usually unnecessarily rare and big. a typing quirk is something trolls all have to differentiate themselves from one another, both for expression purposes and also because they all have to use their blood colour as their online colour and it could get confusing. hope that helps, let's go!
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TROLLS
grian (rust):
sign: true aires, sign of the excavator
no noticable typing quirk, but does use an overabundance of bird puns whenever he gets the chance. not because he thinks they're funny, but because they get on other people's nerves and gets their feathers in a twist.
procrastinatingBellbird [PB]
procrastinating: to delay or postpone action; put off doing something. is this not grian's entire existence? have you watched his hermitcraft videos? can the man go half an hour without getting distracted by something and putting what he should be working on off for later? like..oh, i don't know. the back of his base?
bellbird: the loudest bird in the world! you little attention-seeker, you.
ren (bronze):
sign: taurga, sign of the guardian
unnecessarily and often incorrectly uses the olde version of words, adds a lot of 'e's and 'th's and 'st's where therest shouldn'th be for ye olde effecte. is a hemoanon (someone that does not reveal their blood colour by typing in gray).
cynoidCacology [CC]
cynoid: dog-like; canine. speaks for itself.
cacology: bad choice of words or poor pronunciation. this is partially a jab at his 'incorrectly uses old words' bit and partially a slight reference to his constant innuendos being played off as simply a bad choice of words. someone probably lied to him and told him that this word meant royalty and was really old and cool.
tango (gold):
sign: gemiborn, sign of the uproarious
the first actual typing quirk, tango types in ALL CAPS, EXCEPtt FOR HIS tt'S ttO MAttCH THE PAttttERN OF HIS HORNS!
reinedAzidoazide [RA]
rein[ed]: keep under control; restrain. it'll make more sense with the second part.
azidoazide [azide]: the most explosive chemical compound ever created. so together, his entire chumhandle is just a big sign that yells 'i have thinly-controlled anger issues!,' lmao.
bdubs (olive):
sign: lenius, sign of the restless
SPEAKS IN ALL CAPS. TYPES VERY SPORADICALLY. CUTS OFF HIS. SENTENCES. CHANGES HIS 'I'S TO '1'S AND HIS 'S'S TO '2'S WHEN THEY'RE NEXT TO EACH OTHER. LIKE IN W12H. AND F12H. (to make a 12! like on a clock.)
nyctophobicBryophyte [NB]
nyctophob[ia]: extreme or irrational fear of the night or of darkness. he definitely has it! lol!
byrophyte: the informal group name for mosses, liverworts and hornworts. oh yeah, baby. moss time, baby. eats moss, prolly. and has a cool cloak!
scott (cerulean):
sign: scorza, sign of the strategist
he's both too cool for an elaborate typing quirk and too lazy to go out of his way to type in perfect capitalisation like he wants to. Middle ground, he capitalises all his 'M's and he types as forMally as possible without having to try. uses eMoticons as punctuation lot (:K and keysMashes rather often. (his sign, scorza, looks like a weird M, so he just ran with it. if the people he's talking to can't deduce that it's him, that's their problem, not his. his horns look like antlers and he felt like a K was the only letter that really encompassed the antlers vibe (((:K)
kenodoxicHart [KH]
kenodox[y]: an obsolete, rare word meaning the love, study, or desire of vain-glory. only someone truly vainglorious would flaunt their vainglory. and you know what? good for him.
hart: a male deer; a stag. sure, he could have just gone with stag, but 'hart' sounds like 'heart,' so it's just unequivocally better in every way. his lusus is a horrible combination of a hart and a spider.
cleo (purple):
sign: capripia, sign of the brusque
she really doesn't have a patterned quirk like some others might...she simply prefersssss to elongate her 's'es whenever it feelsssss...sssatisfying. never uses caps. alwaysss usesss precisssse punctuation. makes use of ellipsesss to enunsssiate her pointsss. will often change the 'c's to 's'es in sssertain wordsss because typing out a bunch of 'c's doesn't have the ssame effect. (her horns are painted to look like snakes, and thus!)
vafrousPhantomime [VP]
vafrous: cunning; sly. sounds about right, yeah.
phantomime is not an actual word! it is a combination of phantom (a ghost) and pantomime (a dramatic entertainment, originating in Roman mime, in which performers express meaning through gestures accompanied by music OR a theatrical entertainment, mainly for children, that involves music, topical jokes, and slapstick comedy and is based on a fairy tale or nursery story.) to explain this would be to explain a lot of cleo's backstory, which is not what this post is for; the simplest way to explain the phantom bit is "blame joe hills." the pantomime bit is just a very mild reference to The homestuck song, and also...she's a clown. not, like, super seriously, but she is a clown.
etho (fuchsia):
sign: pius, sign of the free
/? you won't catch him dead making fish puns. that's all he wrote. /? (they're like little fishing poles :D y'all really think etho is out here with the patience to constantly change the way he types? absolutely not.)
xericQuerist [XQ]
xeric: containing little moisture; very dry. again, this is not the place to delve deep into backstory shenanigans, but it's safe to say that despite being a fuchsiablood, etho does not feel very free underwater. also, he's a dry texter <3 good for him
querist: inquirer; someone who asks questions. he's questioning the SYSTEM and the PLANET he'll have to take over when he gets over and the CHANGES to the FLAWED HIERARCHY it holds so dear <- deranged. half of the reason he picked his name when he was like 12 was that having two super rare letters as his handle looked sicknasty.
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HUMANS
(note to all my non-homestucks: humans have no use or care for the funny signs i've been putting for all of the trolls, but i'm going to put them here in case anyone wants to see what they Would be :)
scar (orange):
sign: aquasci, sign of the charitable (snrk)
all lowercase, little punctuation aside from EMPHASIS!!! sometimes the emphasis comes in the form of an *appropriate* amount of asterisks.
affluentAllay [AA] / affluentVex [AV]
affluent: having a great deal of money; wealthy. how else can you put it? the man is loaded!
allay: diminish or put at rest (fear, suspicion, or worry). an in-universe reference to actual minecraft allays.
vex: make (someone) feel annoyed, frustrated, or worried; cause distress to. affluentVex was his original handle before allays came out and he shelved this to being an evil alter ego that frequently appears. as this is homestuck and i do need to clarify, this evil alter ego is not real.
bigb (dark blue):
sign: sagittanius, sign of the nascent (wait i love that actually that's so good)
Average mobile user, doesn't turn off autocorrect, all of his sentences start off capital and everything looks fine until you notice the lack of punctuation or commas or anything the phone wouldn't be able to automatically pick up on
nitidNyctomania [NN]
nitid: bright with a steady but subdued shining. it's typically used to describe the moon.
nyctomania: the condition of being very happy and comfortable in the dark. half of the group was convinced that bigb was a troll because it always seems to be night whenever he talks to his friends. he literally just lives in a place where the sun doesn't rise. and you know what? he's happy.
impulse (yellow):
sign: gemcer, sign of the intimate (0_0)
uses lowercase letters, but proper punctuation! uses fullstops at the ends of statements, proper commas, question marks, and exclamation points! maybe even two for the extra emphasis!! often uses FULL CAPS to denote shouting (not that he does it often)!
sanguineVenule [SV]
sanguine: optimistic or positive, especially in an apparently bad or difficult situation OR blood-red. he's just an optimistic and happy guy! also a blood player!
venule: a very small vein, especially one collecting blood from the capillaries. he's trained in first aid for some reason? also a blood player!
pearl (gray):
sign: licen, sign of the worshipper ((santa pearla voice) more like sign of the worshipped amirite)
nothing tooooo special, she types like a normal person and elongates certain words for the emphasis!
pearlescentMoon [PM]
pearlescent: having a luster resembling that of mother-of-pearl.
for the record, she has been adequately clowned on for having what is basically her full name as her online handle, but she simply couldn't be bothered to put in all the effort of finding those stupid big words. maybe there was a point in her life when she was, like, eleven, where her handle was iridescentLuna [IL] or something, but those times are far, far behind her now.
martyn (lime):
sign: cano, sign of the translucent (wth is that even meant to mean)
types like its a conversation or real dialogue, so expect either very long messages or for him to send about seven messages just to form one complete thought. when speaking to ren, he will mirror the old-speak as well as possible (unless its a serious moment).
hearkeningCavalier [HC]
hearkening: listening. i think we can all guess.
cavalier: a knight. i also think we can all guess. also, it's a breed of dog! cheeky reference to his king, that is.
joel (forest green):
sign: leiborn, sign of the paradox (oh i love this)
when normal, he types like a normal person. makes more typos than your average man, but thats alright whereas WHEN HE GETS HYPE ABOUT SOMETHING HES PRFONE TO LONG BOUTS OF TPYING IN CAPS AND HE TYPES FAST AN FRURTYOUIS SO TEHTEERE AE TYPOS ABOUnD
dionysianFleer [DF]
dionysian: relating to the sensual, spontaneous, and emotional aspects of human nature. joel just gives vibes, really. i think he heard that dionysus was the god of madness and thought it was cool because he really does go crazy at the block game AYEEE
fleer: an impudent or jeering look or speech. he's a prick. moving on,
jimmy (light blue):
sign: taurmino, sign of the lonely (my man...)
uses caps for shouting *very* often because he is a shouty boy, and uses asterisks for emphasis. is very prone to using an overabundance of question marks because...funny?
juxtaPredestination [JP]
juxta-: a prefix meaning near; alongside.
predestination: the divine foreordaining or foreknowledge of all that will happen. jimmy is basically the resident jade harley. not in the sense that he knows what's actually going on, more in the sense of him getting thrown into Situations and then he goes "oh, i saw this in a dream once!" and then gets clorted by whatever it was that he saw. but he believes in fate and luck very heavily and sort of thinks of it as an endearing rival.
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CONCLUSION:
so yeah, those are all the handles! i will do the extras (mumbo, lizzie, and skizz) eventually and put it in the post, so stay tuned for that (ill reblog this when its done <3)! hope you enjoyed the result of my days-long bout of insanity! reblogs appreciated, have a nice day/night!! <3
dlstuck ranchers! completely bullshit jimmy's design on the spot and made the shirt design exactly fourteen minutes ago! its supposed to be a canary wing except a) ender enderwoah doesnt know how to draw wings and b) he doesn't care enough to get refs /nsrs
but yeah here's another hs2 panel edit! if you've never seen this panel, this is probably pretty funky! if you have, please ignore me not removing/designing something to replace the cat lamp. we'll just say it was a...gift. a mean-spirited gift. jimmy loves birds, someone gave him a cat lamp. except he really likes it because he Has A Cat so off to his bedside it goes.
uh. what else. they are moirails. they are best friends. they meet each other in person in the game and instantly hit it off. they are such besties. tango canonically wears the revivebur red glasses but i aint editing this thing again
OH RIGHT I FORGOT THE RED EYES ARE PSIONICS LMAO
i edited this like three times before posting bc i kept noticing missing things LMAO anyways hope u enjoyed! more to be made soon (probably)
In the past you have classpected double life members and it was grest
So I ask After limited life has your assessment changed if so who has changed and to what also why is it different
Of course this is only if your opinion has changed after the latest season and if you are will to share
good question! ill start off by saying that it certainly did the opposite of change my mind about my classpect for grian; the concept of limited life is, quite literally, the most witch of time lookin ahh game i have ever seen, so! that checks out. (witch of time)
realising that scott has basically won the life series three times in a row solidified his place as an active class in my head, but the means by which he does it somehow push me more towards passive? my brain says that the fact that he just kind of stays out of the way and grows stronger while nobody is paying attention to him is more bard-like than prince-like, but at the same time, i think he's less passive and more benevolent. if he wanted, he could have won three times in a row (which is insane), but he just thinks that isn't fun so. yeah! long explanation to say that i wavered but ultimately he's still the same. (prince of mind)
limlife tango (and most other tangos, if i'm being real) sort of teeters towards a mage of doom for me. he's very VERY sollux-coded, and while classpecting based on one really big personality trait that is interesting is fun, it's nice to look at the more accurate one, too. even disregarding the 'death' part of doom, the 'technology' aspect of it obviously makes sense to fit with tango. i love the guy dearly, but all of his final deaths seem to end up being inconsequential in the grand scheme of things, harming himself and himself alone (for the most part). also, he is an excellent vibe checker and fuller predicted martyn being a little garbage rat to win limlife, and i think it's an excellent situation where he took all of his prior experiences both with the death game and also with martyn being a menace and made this accurate prediction. this isn't the most thought out thing ever, but i definitely think tango As A Whole and not just The Tango That Gets Mad is very mage of doom coded. (mage of doom)
jimmy died first again! nothing has changed! everything is awful! i'm in hell! (page of doom)
bigb did what i suggested he do in the classpecting post, which is stay a bit more low-key, and ill tell you this: he certainly survived for longer than he did in double life, that's for sure! also, being a nosy neighbour that just spies on people from a distance is very rogue of void-core- i'm sure you could argue seer, but. ehh. there certainly is an argument to be made for it, he does hold a lot of secrets to his chest, and he certainly did have a few in limlife...but i think most of the secrets he has are his own, not other people's. a rogue he stays! (rogue of void)
bdubs is one that i was already a bit ehhhhh on when i made the post. at this point in time, my brain is swaying me actually towards blummin light, which is deranged and i dont really know how to explain it. [imagine theres about a 15 minute pause between me writing these two sentences as i conduct a bit of research.] actually. hear me out: bdubs as a knight of light. i might actually change this for double life too (in my head, not for the au due to overlapping classpects). hes so light-coded, idk how i didn't see it before. goal-oriented…loves being in the spotlight…even the collecting knowledge aspect that i had pegged to him as a seer works better in assigning it to light. and the knight bit just feels right to me: doubts about his importance to the groups and teams he's been in and the people he's loved? getting a bit meta, you could even point out cc!bdubs saying that he's not posting his limlife pov because everything important that he did was seen in other people's episodes; his importance as a character has been defined by his effect on others. kinda love this. knight of light bdubs. letsgoooo (knight of light)
impulse deffo stays as a blood player, and im pretty sure his bard class stays, too. he made it to the end by riding off the promises he made with his team ("ties makes it to the final three!" T-T), and we must remember that bard also means destroying through blood. and his goofy ahh got betrayed AGAIN lmao (it was less 'betrayed' and more 'tricked,' but. same difference). (bard of blood)
martyn has, like grian, done the absolute OPPOSITE of changed. bro has CANONICAL SOUL FRACTURES THATS CRAZZYYYYYYYY LMAO. heart player (CANON + CONFIRMED). and no, him betraying scott does not take him out of the heart player faction: he defended scott with tooth and nail and blood until the end, him killing scott ONLY SO THAT HE COULD WIN is just furthering his damn arc in learning to fight for himself. he's still heart-coded as hell. (knight of heart)
scar, pearl, ren, etho, joel, cleo, mumbo, lizzie, and skizz have not changed! thank you for the question!! :D
am i allowed to ask about traffic stuck or are you over that
if so what are their blood types and why did you choose them I think you already said some but again did your assessment change after limited life
im never over anything i post about ever. it's always rattling around somewhere in my brain trust me i just have to dig it up lmaoo ask away
i mentioned all the blood colours in this post! for the most part i just chose based on vibes...?? there's no universe in which grian ISN'T a mutant, ren being animal based i think was most of the reason why i chose bronze for him, but also the fact that he is a 'king' but doesn't give highblood vibes, hence why i made him a hemoanon: who the hell cares about his caste, he's cool either way! tango gold was partially me saying that he kins sollux (which he does) and partially putting his whole fire hair/blazeborn stuff into his psionics. bdubs being olive was simply a vibe check. scott being cerulean was me accusing him of being a vriska kinnie (also that's just his colour). cleo is purple because she scares me?? she generally screams highblood but she doesn't scream seadweller. i feel like there was something else but i honestly can't remember; i just like my purplebloods mildly threatening. etho being a fuchsia is from when we didn't think he was washed up (/j)…no but seriously, why not make him the highest royalty possible! he's world-renowned and mildly threatening anyways.
the humans being humans were just me looking at? the? double life pairings? and going 'who's more human out of the two of them' and picking that. 'whos more human' meaning...idk. who has that fun human grit and determination VERSUS who is just a weirdo for the sake of being a weirdo, if that makes sense. obviously with some pairs it was dificult to choose (COUGH desertduo COUGH boatboys COUGH), but i like what i landed on!
HI DO YOU KNOW WHAT ANYONES CLASSPECT IS IN UR DLSTUCK AU
i noticed you have impulse as a blood player, but whats everyone else, if you have it figured out? /i am SO incredibly normal about this btw
yep yep! all my classpects are written out and fully explained in this post! im glad u enjoy what uve seen so far it is such an insane passion project and i love it so dearly...
